Heath McIvor

Heath McIvor (born August 1980) is an Australian puppeteer, writer and singer known primarily for his role as 'Fiend' in The Jim Henson Company co-production Me and My Monsters, and his more general role as the puppet comedian Randy Feltface.

Career

Heath McIvor's career in puppetry began when he was 17. Since 2002 Heath began performing with Melbourne children's theatre company Polyglot Theatre.[1] He provided puppetry work for The Hobbit, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Walking With Dinosaurs, the Live Experience.[2] Heath has also worked in television on Pigs Breakfast, Li'l Horrors, and 'Fiend' in Me and My Monsters.

Heath teamed up with comedian Sammy J in 2008 to write and perform in Sammy J in the Forest of Dreams. The show won The Age Critics Award at the 2008 Melbourne International Comedy Festival[3] and was performed at the 2008 and 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It was also brought out on DVD and screened on The Comedy Channel in Australia in June 2010.[4]

Music

Other than puppetry, McIvor is the singer for Melbourne country rock band "The Palenecks" and goof rock band "Pillow".

Television

Year TV Show/Movie
1999 Pig's Breakfast (TV Series – Grob)
2010–2011 Me and My Monsters (TV Series – Fiend voice)
2013 Squeak and Boo (TV Series - Boo, Rainbow Pig, Mirror Pig)

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Awards

2008 Melbourne Comedy Festival (Sammy J in the Forest of Dreams)

2008 Melbourne Comedy Festival (Sammy J in the Forest of Dreams)

2007 (Sammy J in the Forest of Dreams) [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Heath McIvor | Polyglot Theatre". Polyglotpuppets.com.au. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
  2. ↑ "Heath McIvor, Puppeteer, etc". Heathmcivor.com. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
  3. ↑ "Awards | Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2012". Comedyfestival.com.au. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
  4. ↑ "Sammy J in the Forest of Dreams". YouTube. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
  5. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0570868/
  6. ↑ "Heath McIvor, Puppeteer, etc". Heathmcivor.com. Retrieved 2012-04-02.

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